Addressing machine



Oct. 4, 1932. I H. P. ELLIOTT 1,380,931

ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Dec. 21, 41927 4 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 4, 1932. H. ELLIOTT ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Dec. 21, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet Oct. 4, 1932.

H. P. ELLIOTT ADDRESSING MACHINE FiledDeo. 21, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet -s' vRmF \Q +lll lullllL Oct. 4, 1932. H, ELLI T 1,880,931

ADDRESS ING MACHINE Filed Dec. 21, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 O'O O O O' Patented Oct. 4, 1932 Leeann rarer oF ics HARMONY. ELLIOTT, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS ADDRESSING MACHINE Application filed December 21, 1927. Serial No. 241,654.

This invention relates to printing machines of the type particularly arranged to print addresses on envelopes from stencils bearing the addresses.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of an improved stencil printing machine which is arranged to be operated by hand to feed envelopes automatically in successive order into and out of printing posi- 19 tion conjointly with the feeding of stencils into and out of printing position and so arranged that the operations can be performed and the envelopes addressed at a relatively high rate of speed. 1

15 The printing machine embodying this invention is in some respects similar to that shown in my copending application Serial No. 120,206, filed July 2, 1926. In the machine of the said application the stencils and 20 the envelopes move in parallel lines into and out of printing position and the stencil holder is disposed between the printing devices and the envelope holder and feeding device.

It is an object of this present invention to locate the stencil holder at one side of the envelope holder and the printing device and to feed the stencils sidewise into printing position and then to move the stencils at right angles to their first movement out of print- 39 ing position and into a stencil receiver. lVith this arrangement the printing machine can be materially shorter than the machine of the above application and a different and, in some respects more desirable mechanism can be employed for printing the envelopes and also for feeding the envelopes and operating the stencil feeding mechanism, and these changes constitute other objects of the invention.

A further object is generally to improve the construction and operation of stencil printing machines.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the envelope addressing and stencil printing machine embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view'of the machine of Fig. 1, the stencil holder and some other elevated parts beingomitted to show more clearly the construction therebelow.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the machine look-- ing at the envelope hopper end thereof.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the train of driving gears connecting the operatingv handle with the envelope feeding drum and illustrating particularly the arrangement of the gears to obtain intermittent rotation of the driving drum;

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail throu-ghthe table I of the printing machine taken along lines 66 of Fig. 3, and illustrating more particularly the manner of yieldingly supporting the platen to accommodate various thicknesses of envelopes.

Fig.7 is a view of the printing sector and anvil at'the start of the printing position.

Fig. 8 is a sectional detail illustrating par ticularly the construction and disposition of a spring of the friction brake for the'enveflopes.

Fig. 9 is a bottom view of the spring brake of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view along line 10-10 of Fig. 3 and illustrating the arrangement for adjustably supporting the envelope hopper.

Fig. 11 is a sectional detail along line 11-11 of Fig. 10.

Figs. 12 and 13 respectively of the rear bracket shown in Fig. 2 for supporting the envelope hopper and associated parts.

Figs. 14: and 15 are end and side elevations respectively of the front bracket, shown in Fig. 1 for supporting the envelope hopper and associated parts.

Fig. 16 is a detail of the envelope feed springs.

are end and side elevations The envelope addressing machine here shown as embodying the invention comprises platen drive shaft 30 is extended beyond the,

arm 24: of the frame of the machine. 7

stencil receiver 18 can be pivoted about the pin 20]into an inverted position overlying pin.

lel spaced rails16 having stencil grooves in their opposed faces is supported in elevated position above said table 14 and extends from the left, Fig. 1, of the machine to the right thereof and for a. substantial distance beyond the table where the tracks terminate at a depending stencil receiver 18'.which-is con structed as illustrated in my above identified application.

Said stencil receiver is pivoted at its left hand side on a removable pin 20, Fig. 3, to a bracket 22 which overliesand supports the stencil rails 16 and is in turn secured 'tol an 1e the ends of;the stencil rails and also can be removed from the rails by withdrawing the Said receiver is held in the upright position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 by abutting against the end ofone of the rails 16.

The table 14 and its downwardly inclined part 14a is provided with a recess 26 therein, Fig. 3, through which an anvil 28 is extended. Said anvil is fixed to and is rotatable with a shaft 30 extended transversely across the frame. of the machine from front and rear and, see Fig. 6, is journalled in bearing blocks 32 which are vertically slidablein'vertical recesses 34 of a. bearing cap 36, which'cap is secured to a lug 38 of the table depending below the table. .The compression spring 10 is carried by said bearing cap and serves to press thebearing-block upwardly against an adjustable stop pin 42 screw threaded in said lug .38. Thearr'angement is such that the platen is yieldingly pressed against the printing sector hereinafter to be described and can yield in a downward direction to accommodate athick-envelope while maintaining its driving engagement therewith. l

The printing sector 44 is vertically disposed above and in cooperative-relation with the anvil 28-and is .fixed to a driving shaft 46 extending transversely of the machine. The

rear wall of the frame 10 ;and has a pinion gear 48 fixed thereto. "The sector drive shaft 46 has a similar gear 50 fixed thereto which is in mesh with the gear 18.. Both gears are of the same pitch diameter so that the sector and anvil rotate together at the same speed. A housing 52 is fixed to the frame of the machine in surrounding relation with said gears and extends above the stencil rails in the rear thereof and has provision, not shown, for rotatably supportingthe sector drive shaft 4.6. Suitable inking mechanism of a well known type, indicated generally bythe numeral 53, and not necessary to describe further, serves to supply the face of the sector liwithink in a well known manner. In accordancewith this invention, the stencils are moved into printing position between the anvil andhprinting sector in ;a diright angle continuations of the corresponding grooves .in the rails 16. The space be- .tween'said rail extensions 16a and 16b is adapted to be at least equal to the length of a stencil while the distance between the rails 16 isat least equal to the width of a stencil. The stencils are adapted to be moved along the rail extensions 16 and 16a in the line of their widths and are adapted to be moved along stencils in said holder can pass through the recesses 56 and lie in the stencil groove in readiness to be moved forwardly into printing position between the printing anvil and sector. Said rail extensions and alsothe for ward ends of the rail 16 rest upon and are secured to a bottom plate 60 which bottom plate also serves as a bottom wall of the stencil groove in saidraih Said plate, EltylllS rearend is provided with a recess 62 therein through which the printing anvil 28 is extended.- Said plateissupported in spaced relation above the table 14 by a bracket64, see Fig. '1, which is attached to the front side wall of the frame 10. Said plate is supported at its rear end by a bracket 66, seeFigs. 2 and 3, which is attached to the rear wall of the-frame 10 and underlies and is secured'to the rearend of said plate.

' The lowermost stencils of the pile of stenplate 60v and under the'stencil holder and is 7 adapted to engage the forward long edges of the successive lowermost stencils and move them along the rail extensions in a well known manner. Said pusher is provided with an arm 70 which extends to the left, Fig. 3, and r the end of said armis fixed to a hub 72, Fig. 1 which in turn is fixed to a vertical shaft 74 journalled in a bracket 76. attached to both the front and left hand side walls of the frame of the machine. V v i The machine is operated by an'operating shaft-78 which is journalled in bearings 80, Fig. 4:, carried by the front and rear .walls of the frame 10 and its forward end is provided with an operating crank handle 82 by which the shaft can be rotat'ed'to operate the machine. A cam dise 84 is fixed on the forward end of said shaft 78 and has an annular cam groove 86 in its outer periphery. The lower end of the usher shaft 7 4 is provided with an arm 88 est shown in Fig. 1 which extends to the right and above said cam and has a depending pin which carries a roller 90 which is received in said cam groove 86. It is thus apparent that when said operating shaft 7 8 is rotated, the pusher 68 will be reciprocated in timed relation to the rotation of the shaft. Said operating shaft also drives the shaft 30 of the printing anvil by means of sprockets 92 and 94 Fig. 1 fixed to said respective shafts and a chain 96 passed over said sprockets. The arrangement is such that the operating shaft through its positive driving connection with the stencil pusher and the printing anvil and sector operates both in timed relation with each other.

The envelopes are fed into the machine in linewith and beneath the stencil rails 16 while, as above stated, the stencils are fed into printing position above said envelopes at right angles to the line of envelope movement and then move out of printing position in the line of envelope movement by being engaged between the rotating sector 44-and the platen 28.

The envelope holder is disposed at the right hand end of the machine, see Fig. 1, and is carried by a front bracket 98 and a rear bracket 100. Both of said brackets have feet 102 which bear against the left hand wall of the frame 10 and have apertures 104 therein in which dowel pins, not shown, carried by said left hand wall are received whereby to center the brackets in position. The brackets are detachably secured in position by screws 106 which pass through apertures 108 in said feet and are screw threaded in said wall of the machine. Said brackets are provided with apertured and upwardly inclined bosses 110 in which the free ends of a U -shaped bar 112 are received and said bar is removably fixed in said bosses by nuts 114 screw threaded on the ends of said bar. Said bar thus forms an envelope-holder supporting-frame, the upper end of which is elevated above the table 14 and which is downwardly inclined toward said table. The envelope holder, see Figs. 3 and 10, includes a bottom plate 116 which has a vertically reflexed integral wall 118 at the rear side thereof against which the inner edges of the envelopes are adapted to lie. Said plate'116 has struck out ears 120, see Figs. 1 and 3, at its outer edge which loosely underlie the intermediate section 112a of the U-shaped'frame 112 and thus provide a support and attaching means for said plate 116. A bar 122 overlies the parallel arms of said supporting frame 112 and has its ends 1226; reflexed about said arms so that said bar is thus secured against unintentional attachment thereto. A clamping screw 124 is passed through said bars 122 and one of its bow-shaped spring 128 is passed through said yoke and has a notch 130 therein which rests upon said yoke and has its opposed ends bearing against the under face of said bar 122, thus holding said plate 116 in frictional engagement with the said bar 122 in any position in which said plate may be adjusted along said bar. Said plate is provided with struck-out depending ears 130 which overlie the opposite side edges of said bar and thus hold said plate and bar against angular displacement. The front wall of the envelope holder comprises a plate 132, see Figs. 1 and 3, which is of sector shape and is disposed between the plate 116 and the front arm ofsaid supporting frame 112. Said plate is fixed to a hub 134 which can be releasably secured by means of a set screw 136 to a horizontal stud shaft 138 fixed in an arm 140 of the front bracket 98. Said plate 132 can thus be supported in opposed relation to the rear wall 118, as shown in Fig. 1, to hold a pile of envelopes on the bottom wall 116 against lateral displacement and it can be also dropped to a position below said bottom plate 116 by releasing said set screw 136 for the purpose of permitting a pile of envelopes to be placed readily on said bottom wall.

The forward end of the pile of envelopes in the envelope holder is supported and the lowermost envelopes of the pile are driven forwardly by a driving drum 142 which is disposed in front of the envelope holder and extends above the bottom plate 116 thereof and is in line with the stencil rails 16. Said drum is fixed to a shaft 146 which extends transversely across the machine and is journalled in bosses 148 and 150 of the front and rear brackets 98 and 100 respectively. Said drum is constructed substantially as described in my above identified application and has a pair of continuous annular ribs 152 at the ends of the drum and an intermediate smooth annular rib 154 in the middle of the drum. The end ribs are covered with upstanding rubber bands 156 which have yielding upstanding envelope engaging projections 158 thereon. The lengths of the rubber bands are about equal to the length of the longest envelope to be fed to the machine and occupy a portion only of the peripheral length of the drum. 7

An inverted U-shaped frame is disposed vertically above said drum 142 and has its depending side bars 160 secured to the front I good grip on the envelope.

and rear brackets 98 and 100 respectively, see Fig. 4. The horizontal-connecting member a of said frame is provided with a depending spring holder 162 whichis detachably secured to said member by a screw 164, see Figs. 4and 16. Said spring holder is disposed above the intermediate ridge 154 of said drum 142 and is inclined forwardly in the direction of envelope movement. sets of depending springs 166 and 168 are removably attached to said spring holder by screws 17 0 and 172 respectively andare disposed in spaced relation when in front of the other and are adapted toyield when an envelope passes therebeneath and'press said envelope against the drum. .The rear spring 166 is somewhat shorter. thanthe forward spring 168 and-servesto'engage the forward edge of the next uppermost envelope and hold itfrom movement while the lowermost envelope is being moved forwardly from beneath the pile. A depending and forwardly inclined spring finger: 173 is also carried by said intermediate member 1600 and is secured thereto by'said screw 164 and overlies the rear face of the spring holder and'the springs thereon and serves as an abutment for the forward edges of the envelopes in the pile and also serves to prevent the edges being caught by. the head of the screw 170. Said member. is provided with an aperture 174 therein through which access is gained to the head of said screwi Said envelope driving drum 142 serves to move the lowermost envelope out of the pile in the envelope holder and'into the bite of an upper pressure rollerl76and a pair of axially spaced lower driving rollers'178 and 180. Saidrollers are fixed to said operating shaft 78'and are disposed on-opposite sides and partiallyoverlie the driving drum 142 and are disposed between said drum and the printing sectorand platen. Said pressure roll 176 is providedwith enlarged knurled angular faces 17 6% at the ends thereof above said drums 17 8 and 180 whereby to obtain Said roller is rotatably supported and is free for vertical movement in vertical slots 182:in forwardly :Said gear is in mesh with an-interposed idler gear 188 which is journalled to the rear wall of the frameof the machine and is in mesh with adriving pinion gear which is fixed to the extended rear end of th e operating shaft 78'so that the operating shaft and the Two drum 142 are positively connected. The gear 186 is twice the diameter of the gear 190 so that the drum-142 rotates at one-half the angular speed of the operating-shaft 78. F

The operating-shaft 78 is adapted for continuous rotary movement in one direction while the drum 142 is arranged to be intermittently rotated" in one direction. To provide for this intermittent rotary movement of the drum, the driving gear.-

190, see Fig. 5, is' provided with a mutilat ed toothed portion' -190a which occupies approximately one-half the" toothed periphery of the gear- The. idler gear 188 is p rovide d with four equally peripherally olution; The gear 186 associated with the i drum 142 is free'from' mutilated teeth per-- tions and thus is in constant drivingengagement with the idler gear so that it rotates when said idler gear rotates. As thus arranged, the drum 142 makes a quarter of a revolution for every half revolution of the operating shaft 78 and remains stationary while the operating shaft makes the following half revolution. The feed drums 17 8 and 180 rotate continuously withthe operating shaft 7 8, however.

Due tothe intermittent rotary movement of the drum 142envelopes are fed intermittently into the bite of the feed drums 178 and 180 which immediately move the envelopes into printing position above the anvil 28 and beneath the stencil track and the printing sector 44. The speed of movement of the envelopes under the action of the feed drum 180 is greater than the movement due tothe drum 142,'siuce said latter drum rotates at a slower. rate due to the difference in. diameter of the gears 190 and 186. As a consequence, there is little possibility of a delivered envelope'hindering the free movement of the 1...

next following envelope. A friction brake is provided to hold the envelopes vieldingly in printing position and to preven'ttheir being carried thercbeyond by their momentum. Said brake 192", see Figs. 1, 8 and 9, 1s dlsposed above the forward edge of the table 14 immediately in front of the feed drums 178 and 180 and rests upon. the

top face thereof and-has the spring linger 194 which overlies the bottom face of and frictionally engages the table to hold the brake in'place. The brake is providcd with a 'pair of spaced upwardly inclined resilient fingers 196 comprising brake shoes which are adapted'tobearagainst the under face sector and anvil come into pressure applying engagement with the superposed stencil andv envelope. A further rotation of the sector and platen causes the envelope and stencil to be pressed together and both'moved conjointly forward by the driving engagement of the platen and sector, thereby moving the stencil forwardly along the track and the envelope forwardly therebeneath. The peripheral or stencil-engaging face 44a of, the

. orintin sector is ada ted to be 1011 enou 'h to cover the printing portion of the stencil and to move the stencil forwardly in the rails 16 until the rear edge of the stencil has cleared the stencil passage in the rail extensions 16a and 16?) so that another stencil can be moved into the space and along the rail 16 between the printing sector and anvil.

Whereas in previous machines of this character, the anvil was similar to the sector in .shape, in this machine the anvil has a circular section 2811 which 1s slightly greater than 90 angular degrees in extent and is com-.

plementary with the circular face of the sector 44; and said two faces are adapted to retate in opposed relation. The remaining circumferential length of the anvil is closer to the axis than said circular face 28a so that when the anvil and sector are not in engagement, said face is below the normal printing position of the anvll. The rear edge of the envelope after it has been moved out of printing position can fall down upon andbe engaged by said face of the anvil and thus driven forwardly thereby clear of the machine.

. This arrangement prevents the retention of envelopes between the table and the stencil track, and the consequent jamming of the machine as may happen otherwise.

The operation of the parts is so timed that the lowermost stencil and the lowermost envelope are moved into printing position during the time that the platen and printing sector are out of cooperative relation and the sector and platen thereupon engage the superposed stencil and envelope and move them forwardly while at the time, affecting the printing operation.

While the machine herein described has been constructed primarily to address envelopes, it will be understood that it is not limited to such use. 7

Y I claim:

1. In a stencil printing machine, means to move successive envelopes in a straight line into and out of printing position, means to move the stencils in one direction into print ing position and other means to move the stencils out of printing position in another direction which is in line with the movement of the envelopes.

2. In a stencil printing machine, a stencil track havin angularly related entrance and delivery sections from one to the otherof which the stencil is adapted to pass in succession, pusher mechanism to move successive stencils into said entrance section, and

printing mechanism to move the successive stencils along said delivery section.

3. In a stencil printing machine, a stencilmeans to introduce stencils into said angue larly related section and to move said stenc'ils into the'hody of said track and into print ing position, and means including a printing device located at the printing position arranged to effect the printing of the stencil and also to move it along the bodyof the track.

5. In a stencilprinting machine, a stencil track having angularly related sections, a

stencil holder at one of said sections adapted to supply said section with stencils, means to move successlve StQIlCllS along said section into said other section, a stencil receiver located at the end of said other section, print ing mechanism located at the junction of said sections, and means to move successive envelopes into cooperative relation with said sten oils and printing mechanism.

6. In a stencil printing machine, a stencil track having, angularly related sections, a stencil holder at one of said sections adapted to supply said section with stencils, means to move said stencils along said section into said other section, a stencil receiver located at the end of said other section, and printing mechanism located at the junction of said sections having means for moving the stencils towards said stencil receiver.

7. In a stencil printing machine, means to move envelopes in a straight line into print ing position, means to move stencils at an angle to the line of envelope movement into printing position and printing mechanism arraged to move the stencils and the envelopes out of printing position in line with the line means for moving anenvelope into and out 7 of printing position in a straight line, means. for moving a stencil into printing position at an angle with respect to the line of envelope,

'movement, and means for printing on the envelope by the use of the stencil also arranged for discharging the envelope out of the machine. V I 9. In a stencil printing machine, means .to deliver successive envelopes along a rectilinear path to a printing position, means to deliver successive stencils along a rectilinear path which is atan angle to the line of envelope movement to the printing position and above the envelopes, and printing mechanism for said stencils and envelopes having provision for moving them conjointly in the same direction out of printing position, along a continuance of the rectilinear path of the envelopes. V

10. Ina stencil printing machine, a rectilinear guideway for envelopes, and a superposed guideway for stencilshaving one section which is parallel with the envelope guideway and another section which is at an angle with respect thereto, and means to move stencils and envelopes along their re pective guideways into and out of printing position.

j .11. In a stencil printing machine, printingmechanism, an envelope holder located atone side of said printing mechanism, a guideway for envelopes extended from said holder to side of said printing mechanism, a guideway for envelopes extended from said holderto said printing mechanism, a stencil holder disposed forward of both said printing mechanism and said envelope holder, and a stencil guideway extended between said stencil holder and printing mechanism at right angles to said envelope guideway and thence extended away from said printing mechanism in line with said envelope guideway.

13. In a stencil printing machine, printing mechanism, an envelope holder'located at one side of said printing mechanism, an envelope guideway extended between said envelope holder and printing mechanism, a stencil holder located forward of said printing mechanism, and a stencil track having one section extended rearwardly from said holder to said printing mechanism] and another section extended laterally away from said printing mechanism. 1

14. In a stencil printing machine, printing as ess};

mechanism, an envelope'holder located atone side 'of said printing mechanism,"a stencil receiver located at the other side of said printing mechanism, an envelope guideway extendedbetween saidenvelope holder and. printing mechanism,a stencilho'lder located, forwardly of said printing mechanism, and a stencil track extended from said stencil holder to said printing mechanism and thence at right angles to said stencil receiver.

15. A stencil printing machine having printing mechanism, an envelope holder'located at one'side of said printing mechanism,

envelope feeding means located between said holder and printing mechanism, a stencil holder located forwardly of the aforesaid ele-, ments, and a stencil track having a section extended from saidstencil holder to said printing mechanism and .an angularly related section extended away from, said printing.

pusher member at the other end which is carried by and is rigid with said arm and-is disposed below said stencil holder and is reciprocable therebeneath.

- 17. In a stencil printing machine, a stencil track, a pusher for 7 moving stencils alon said track comprising a vertically pivotedmember located at one side ofsaid track, a horizontal arm fixed at one end to the upper end of said member and extended in front of said track and terminated in a lateral extension which constitutes a pusher member which is, reciprocable into and out of said track, a horizontally rotatable operating shaft, a cam carried by said shaft for, re-

ciprocating said pusher, and a cam follower fixed to the lower end of said vertically pivoted member and extended horizontally under said pusher arm and over and in engagement with said cam.- I

18. In a stencilprinting machine, a frame having a horizontal table, a pair of spaced parallel rails, a second pair of parallel rails arranged at right angles with and each'terminated at one of the rails of the first pair, bothspairs v of rails having communicating stencil grooves therein and both being located above and spaced from said table, a plate underlying said second pair ofrails and said first pair of rails in part and secured to both pairs of rails and comprising a support for said rails and means tosupportsaid plate in elevated position above saidtable.

19. In an envelope addressing machine, the combination of a horizontal table over which theenvelopes are adapted to pass, said table having a downwardly inclined section disneath said stencil. track and above said hori- Zontal table at its junction with said downwardly inclined section.

21. In an envelope addressing machine, the combination of a table over which the envelopes are adapted to pass, said table hav ing a downwardly inclined section disposed beneath the line of envelope movement, a stencil track disposed above said table and the downwardly inclined extension thereof, and an unsymmetrical printing roll located below said stencil track and above said table at its junction with said downwardly inclined section, said printing roll having a peripheral face one section of which is circular and concentric and the remainder of which is circular and eccentric with respect to the axis of the roll and constitutes a support and dri 'ing face for the trailing edge of the envelope on said inclined section.

22. In an envelope addressing machine, a pair of cooperating printing devices comprising a printing sector, having a circular printing face and a cooperating anvil having a. circular printing face coextensive with the printing face of said sector and a continuation of said face which is regular and free from abrupt surfaces and is within the radius of said circular face and which provides a support for the trailing edge of an envelope after it has left the engagement of said sector and anvil.

23. A rotatable anvil for a stencil printing machine having a peripheral face which is composed of two parts, namely, a short part which is concentric with the axis of rotation and a long part which is eccentric therewith and which supports the trailing edge of an envelope after it has left the driving engagement of said short part.

24. A rotatable anvil for a stencil printing machine having a continuously curved peripheral face one part of which is concentric with the axis of rotation and the remaining part of which is eccentric with respect to the axis of rotation and is located within the radius of said concentric part and which supports the trailing edge of an envelope after it has left the engagement of said concentric part.

25.In a stencil printing machine, a cooperating printing sector and anvil, said sector having a circular printing face and said anvil having a peripheral face consisting of a circular part concentric with the axis of rotation and cooperating with the circular face of said sector and having the remaining part eccentric with the axis of rotation and lying within the radius of said circular part and which supports the trailing edge of an envelope after it has left the engagement of said concentric part.

26. In a stencil printing machine, a horizontal track having a side entrance section and an end exit section from one through the other of which the stencils are moved in succession, printing means located at one of said sections, and means located at the junction of said sections for moving successive sheets under the track into cooperative relation with said printing means.

27. In a stencil printing machine, a stencil track having two right angularly related sections along both of which stencils are adapted to pass in succession, printing means located at one of said sections, and means to move successive sheets in a straight line parallel to one of said sections and across the other section and into cooperative relation with said printing means.

28. In a stencil printing machine, a stencil track having two right angularly related sections through both of which successive stencils are moved, printing means located at one of said sections, and sheet feeding means located at the junction of said sections which moves successive sheets under the junction and into cooperative relation with said printmg means.

29. In a stencil printing machine, a stencil track having angularly related entrance and exit sections from one to the other of which a stencil is passed in succession, a holder located at the entrance to said track and adapted to contain a collection of stencils, a receiver in which the used stencils are deposited located at the exit of said track, mechanism for moving all stencils through the angularly related sections of said track and from said holder to said receiver and for printing from said stencils when they are in a part of said track, and mechanism for feeding means to be printed past the junction of said two angularly related track sections into a printing position in register with a stencil in onerof said track sections.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HARMON P. ELLIOTT. 

